Driving apparatus for ring spinning, doubling, and twisting machinery



Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471,674

T. WHITEHEAD DRIVING'APPARATUS FOR RING SPINNING, DQUBLING, AND TWISTING MACHINERY Filed Jan. 25, 1923 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. WW4 )%JM Oct. 23, 192-3. 7 1,471,674

T. WHITEHEAD DRIVING APPARATUS FOR RING SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND TWISTING MACHINERY Filed Jan. 25, 1923 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471,674

T. WHITEHEAD DRIVING APPARATUS FOR RING SPINNING, DOUBLINGJA'ND TWISTING MACHINERY Filed Jan. 25, 192s\ a Sheets-sheaf. 5

IN VENTOR.

Oct. 23 1 923. I 4 1,471,674

' T. WHITEHEAD L DRIVING APPARATUS FOR RING SPINNING, DQUBLING, AND TWISTING MACHINERY Filed Jan. 25, 1923 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR.

Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471,674

- T. WHITEHEAD DRIVING APPARATUS FOR RING SPINNING, DQUBLING, AND TWISTING MACHINERY Filed Jan. 2'5, 192: e Sheets-Sheet 5 Oct. 23, 1923.

T. WHITEHEAD.

muvme APPARATUS FOR RING snumne, DQUBLING; AND TWISTING MACHINERY 1923 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Jan. 25

INVENTORJ Patented Gat 23, 1923.

STATES THOMAS WHITEHEAD, or aunnliisnunygnuenniin DRIVING APPARATUS FOR RING SPINNING, DoUB'LINQ AND TwIsTIuGMAcHINERY.

Application filed Januar 25, 1923. 'Seria1'No.614,846.

To a llwhomdiatom concern: 1

Be known that-I, THOMAS VVHi HEA'D, residingat Marley House, West Scholes, Queensbur'y iii the county of Yorln'Eng- .land, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Driving Apparatus for Ring Spinning, Doubling, and Twisting 'Machinery, of whichthe following is a spec ification. V, This invention relates 'to'apparatus for driving the l-sp'indle's and rings of ring spinning, doubling, and twist ng machinery: in which spindles ,and.traveller carriers are driven at'relatively different speeds.

- According to th is'inventio'n the "spindles and traveller carriers aresit uatedwithin two endless bands which engage opposite sides of tfliespiiidle and carrier wharles and are maintained in driving'coiine'ction therewith by pulleys adjustably mounted at intervals along the spindle and carrier-rails outside the driving bands which are driven in either direction from astationarily mounted pulley and a rising and falling pulley which r0.-

tate at different spee'dsJ In order that the said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into elfect, the same is described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein i o a Fig.1 1 is a front elevation,Fig., 2 a plan andFig. 3 an end view of part of a' ring spinning f rain'e provided with spindleand carrier driving apparatus in acetrdan'cewith this invention. I

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of part of a spindle, carrier, rai1sand driving vmechanism drawn to a larger scale. -Fi'g. 5 is a} front elevation of part of the carrier rail shewing two spindles and carriers in position. c l A j.

, Fig. 6 is a planview of the parts shown in Fig.5, and shows also a pair of spindle driv-i'n 'wha-rles andtheir grippulleys. 7 is a etail-plan'view of the spindle brake.

Fig. 8 is .a' cross-section,andFig; 9 is; a part plan view of a p' rtilon of the 'c'overfor the driving wharl'es" of the traveller carriers. 1

Figs. 10 and ll-are simil'ar vie'ws of the cover tor the spindle drivingiiiechanism.

A"indicates thef spindles, B the'carri ers, A the'jendlessbands for driving the spindles andB the 'endless bands for'driving' the carriers. B in'dicatQ-theinain driving the wharles appertaining to the spindles A and the spindles and carriers and A? B the ad- ,justably mounted pulleys. y

The spindles 1A aresupported infootstep bearings a Fig. passthrough tubular extensions 6 of the carriers B. The-latter constitute bearings for are advantageously mounted inself aligningbearings b in the carrier rail 6 i rier bearing b -i s pivoted in a fork 'b 'which. is rotatably mounted on a h'orizontalstud b which passes through a slot 6 in'the rail and iss-sx'zured in anyadjusted position'by nuts 19?; The carriers and spindles are driven from the aforesaiid endless bands B A and the pulleys 13 A for driving the bands are arranged centrally between the 'tworows of spindles, Each pulley is "formed with two 4 in the spindlerail a and I For this purpose each cargrooves 1 andfione to receive the band i which drives the carriers,-or.spindles atone side of the machine and the other to receive the band which drives the carriers, or spin dles, at theother side, ofthe machine. These "bands pass over guide'pulleysa? b and over tension pulleys a? carriages a b which can be moved in one direction or the other by screws a? bj 'to regulate the tension of the drivingbands.

The pulleys A B? gare'mounted on two verticalshafts C C situated one above the other,

the lower pulley A being slid ably mounted on a. key 0 and compelled to rise and;fall with the spindle rails 64 by a fork c cross member of the latter engaging a grooved ring 0 in aboss a? the grooved pulley "A The' latter is driven directly in either directionfrom a main drivin'g shaft D by bevel oiyother appropriate gearing d; form of mechanism for rotating the spindlesanjd'carriers at difierent speeds "comprises aqcone pulley E mounted on the" main driving sliaft- D -and connected bya belt 6 witlr-an 'inversely arranged Cbll pulley, E "on a shaftfc which tr'ansi i-its:motion to the, carrier;pulleyfB th ifou'gh bevelor projecting from other appropriate gearing- "at a speed I which can be regulated in relation; toythe spindle pulley A by a belt forkwliiehre ceives a lateral motion bymec'fhanisni con nected with any ordinary 'll lI flIBI' HIO ElOI1 fOI raising and loweringthe spindlerails; The, directionof rotation'of therarriers'can; be reversed by the aforesaid gearing; Ifthe machine is driven by an electric nifotor,-=the direction of rotation and the-variable drive b mounted on sliding i edge for the passage of awire 7 which also i 3 the spindles in a similar manner to that deof the ring carriers'could be obtained by a switch. The endless driving bands A B are arranged to grip the opposite sides of the wharles A B on the spindles and carriers by means of the adjustably mounted pulleys In the example shewn in Figure 6 two pulleys B are mounted directly opposite to one another in slots 6 in a bracket 5 which may carry an absorbent pad for supplying lubricant to the'carrier hearing. The slots 6 in alternative brackets may be used for holding clips or hinge members f for carrying hinged coverlplates F. These cover plates may be formed 'witha' beaded passes through the clips or hinge members 7' and constitutes a hinge pin. The inner edges 0f the cover plates are formed with semi- I sired extent without putting upon the spindles and carriers.

circular recesses f for the passage of the carriers. mounted directly opposite to one another in Two pulleys A? are similarly slots a in a bracket a which is bolted to the spindle rail and carries a pivoted brake a adapted to occupy a neutral position between two spindle wharles A Figs. 6 and 7 or to be turned onits pivot so that one or other of its end portions will be brought into contact with either of such wharles for bringing the spindle to rest so that the broken end can be found and connected up in the usual way without having to take of]? the bobbin or cop. Alternate brackets a may also carry hinged cover plates a which are formed with holes a for the passage of scribed with reference to the carrier rail. In an alternative construction each pulley A Btmay be mounted on a separate bracket and such pulleys may be staggered in relation to one another outside the endless driving bands A B The bottom or spindle rails a may be lifted by rocker arms G :mounted on transverse shafts to which mofrom both sides of thespindles and'ca'rriers by applying pressure to the outside of the band, the tension can be regulated to any de- VVhat I claimas my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States, is

1. In driving apparatus for spinning 1nachines, two separate driving pulleys ar ranged on the same axis, spindles provided with driving wharles, traveller carriers also provided with driving wharles and j ournaled concentric with the said spindles, endless any side pull driving bands operatively connecting the spindle wharles and the traveller carrier wharles with the respective driving pulleys, and means for driving the said spindles and traveller carriers at relatively different speeds. n

2. A driving apparatus as set forth 1n claim 1, provided with means for varying the speed of the said spindles with relation to the speed of the traveller carriers. I

3. A driving apparatus as set forth in claim 1, provided with means'for reversing the direction of revolution of the said spindies and traveller carriers. 1

4:. A driving apparatus as setforth in claim 1, the said spindles being arranged in a row, guide pulleys for the driving bands arranged at each end of the saidrow, and

separate means for adjusting the tension of each driving band. v 5. A driving apparatus as set forth in claim 1, the driving wharles of the said traveller carriers being provided with tubular portions in which the said spindles are journaled, and means for supporting the said tubular portions pivotally so that the said wharles are free to oscillate.

6.'A driving apparatus as set forth in 'claim'l, the said spindles being arranged in a row, andthe driving wharles being protected by; covers formed of hinged parts glhich are separable at the axes of the spin- 7 In apparatus for driving the spindles and traveller carriers of ring spinning,

doubling and twisting machinery at relativeco-axially arranged driving shafts placed one above the other, a double grooved pulley rigidly fixed on the upper shaft, a dou- 'ly different speeds, the combination of two i ble grooved pulley slidably keyed on the lower shaft, means for raising and lowering such pulley, two endles bands passing round opposite sidesof the upper pulley and engaging the opposite sides of carrier wharles situated in two rows one at each side of the said pulley, means for regulating the tension of said bands, means for causing the latter to bear against opposite sides of the carrier wharles, two endless bands passing round opposite sides of the lower pulley and engaging the opposite sides of spindle wharles situated in two rows one at each side of the said pulley, means for regulating the tension of said bands, meansforcausing the latter to bear against opposite sides of the spindle wharlesand means for driving the spindles and trav'ellercarriers at relatively different speeds. l

8. In apparatus for driving the spindles and traveller carriers of ring spinning, doubling and twisting machinery'at relatively different speeds, the combinationof lower shaft, means for raising and lowering such pulley, two endless bands passing round opposite sides of the upper pulley and engaging the opposite sides of carrier Wharles situated in two rows one at each side of the said pulley means for regulating the tension of said bands, means for causing the latter to bear against opposite sides of the carrier Wharles, two endless bands passing round opposite sides of the lower pulley and en- 7 gaging the opposite sides ofspindle Wharles situated in tWo rows one at each side ofthe c said pulley, means for regulating the tension of said bands, means for causing the latter to bear against opposite sides of the spindle Wharles and means for driving the spindles and traveller carriers at relatively different speeds, means for-varying the speed of rotation of the traveller carriers in-relation to thefspindles and means for reversing the direction of rotation of the spindles and traveller carriers.

9.11 apparatus for driving the spindles and traveller carriers of ring spinning,

doubling and twisting machinery at rela tively diflerent speeds, a traveller carrier rail having a number of horizontal studs adjustably mounted thereon, a forked arm rotatably mounted on each stud, a traveller carrier bearing pivotally mounted in the fork of each arm, a traveller carrier rotatably mounted in said bearing, and a spindle rotatably mounted in the traveller carrier which forms a bearing therefor.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

THOMAS'WHITEH AD. 

